1)Alhambra: Our Times Cafe has taken over Saladfarm. The swift switch brings a quaint, brick-walled Taiwanese inflected cafe to the middle of Main St, but away from the hubbub or the movie theatre corners. 301 W Main St

2) Arcadia: Sichuan Kungfu Fish, a Sichuan pan roast spicy seafood joint, is opening its first LA restaurant at the Arcadia Mall soon. The first North America outlet was in the Toronto suburbs, the most famous outlet of this huan-style restauarnt seems to be in Shanghai. There are already several pan roast fish potting places in town, but this one’s got the punny Chinese name and the Chinese monies. 400 S Baldwin Ave

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3)Monterey Park: (sorry for the emoji train in that IG link) East LA’s popular Fish Taco Express is now operating a taco truck, parked by Kembo Foods. As of now, operations is sporadic, so follow them on facebook or IG. Ralphs Monterey Park

4) Rowland Heights: Beijing Tasty House opened a trendy new second branch a couple of months back, and the duck 2-way is priced at a very reasonable $46. The Eastern SGV locals have been very supportive of the restaurant’s march towards East. This location has long hosted various Taiwanese cafes, but it looks like the fu-er-dai rolling into Diamond Plaza in their Aventadors have finally found a new place they enjoy. 1380 Fullerton Ste #105

6) Montebello: Im Aroi takes over Nawa and the new owners have breathed new life into the old space with a new, more diverse (and dare I say: more authentic) menu. Perhaps someone can do the same to the intensely gross Canton Cafe down the street. 525 N Garfield

7) West Covina: Now this is a bit crazy. West Covina received it’s first Ktown style pochangmacha in the form of Ajumma. There’s spicy fried chicken (comes with gloves and there’s also loaded bulgogi fries. This is in the strip mall behind the Edwards movie theatre. 360 S Glendora Ave St #3

8) San Gabriel: Spicy Charm is back open after a quick redo. I literally have no idea what’s going on here since they weren’t closed down by the health department, and there was no actual “remodeling”. That said, they have a coupon on Dealmoon, and the user feedback has been absolutely brutal.